[Seoul]:Seoul National University(Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Center for Social Sciences)

Date

2005-06

Journal Title; Vol./Issue

Development and Society:vol. 34(no. 1)

Pages

24

Subject Country

South Korea(Asia and Pacific)

Language

English

File Type

Link

Subject

Government and Law < Political Development

Holding

Seoul National University

Abstract

South Korea has undergone a rapid process of democratization over the past decade. Two factors stand out as forces that have significantly influenced the democratic transition: the growth of citizens’' organizations and the Internet news services that have provided the forum for citizens’' participation in formulating public opinion. The primary purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of Internet politics and citizens’' organizations on the nomination and campaign processes of the 2002 presidential election in South Korea. The two major presidential candidates, Roh Moo Hyun of the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) and Lee Hoi Chang of the Grand National Party (GNP), had diametrically opposing characteristics, not only in ideological and political stances, but also in personal and family backgrounds. (The rest omitted)